Here's another hot two hours of 1960s vinyl soul shakers, relentless R&B, popcorn steppers, and more from Darrell Banks, The Isley Brothers, Bobby Bland, Tom Jones, The Miracles, Lulu, Barbara Lewis, Kentucky's own Gail Wynters, plus Johnnie Taylor and Little Johnny Taylor, who were two different guys!

-Originally broadcast March 08, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

James Carr / Talk Talk

The V.I.P.'s / Flashback

Darrell Banks / I've Got That Feelin'

Gail Wynters / You've Got The Power

Willie Parker / I Live the Life I Love

Roy Redmond / That Old Time Feeling

Andre Odom / Turn On Your Love Light

Chubby Checker / (At the) Discotheque

Dian James / High Blood Pressure

Albert King / Oh, Pretty Woman

Johnnie Taylor / Toe-Hold

Rufus Thomas / All Night Worker

Little Johnny Taylor / Looking At The Future

The Isley Brothers / You Better Come Home

Bobby Bland / Yum Yum Tree

Benjamin & The Dreamdancers / Not One More Tear

Kenny Wells / Isn't It Just a Shame

Wind / Groovin With Mr. Bloe

The Unifics / Which One Should I Choose

Otis Redding / A Lover's Question

Sammy Turner / Goodnight, Irene

Leroy Jones / Another Saturday Night

Tom Jones / Sixteen Tons

Tommy Raye / You Don't Love Me

Bobby Brooks / Wise Like Soloman

The Miracles / If Your Mother Only Knew

Jimmy Robins / I Can't Please You

Wilbert Harrison / The Horse

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Brain Washer

Dionne Warwick / You Can Have Him

Barbara Lewis / Fool, Fool, Fool (Look in the Mirror)

Lulu / Sweep Around Your Own Back Door

Gloria Lynne / I Can't Stand It

Anna King / The Big Change

Ben E. King / What Can a Man Do

Marv Johnson / Come On And Stop

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James has a few new soul and R&B finds to share this week from recent digging success, and has cleaned up a stack of Stax records he's neglected in the collection for years and years ready to have their moment. You'll also hear some crunchy garage and psych on this episode including some rare Louisville originals, and Gene Pitney sneaks another one onto the show!

-Originally broadcast March 1, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Leon Haywood / Mellow Moonlight

Leon Haywood / It's Got to Be Mellow

Little Walter / Up The Line

Ray Agee / Peace of Mind

Lee Webber / Good Day Sunshine

Marv Johnson / You Got What it Takes

Eddie Floyd / Don't Tell Your Mama (Where You've Been)

Dramatics / Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get

Rufus Thomas / (Do the) Push and Pull Part I

Fredrick Knight / I've Been Lonely For So Long

Rufus & Carla / That's Really Some Good

Johnnie Taylor / Friday Night

Eddie Floyd / On a Saturday Night

Booker T. & The M.G.'s / Mrs. Robinson

Gene Pitney / Beautiful Sounds

Dolly Parton / Don't Drop Out

Levon & The Hawks / He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)

Wayne Cochran / Harlem Shuffle

Lou Courtney / I've Got Just The Thing

Otis Clay / It's Easier Said, Than Done

James Hunter Six / (Baby) Hold On

Jimmy Hughes / It Was Nice

Double Feature / Baby, Get Your Head Screwed On

Soul Inc. / Love Me When I'm Down

The Waters / Mother Samwell

Bob Seger & The Last Heard / East Side Story

Brian Redmond and the Sound Box / I Want You

The Girl Watchers / Got My Mojo Working

Mersey Beats U.S.A. / Stop, Look and Listen

The Strangeloves / Night Time

Ruby and the Romantics / Does He Really Care for Me

The Enchanters / I Paid for the Party

Chris Kenner / Packin' Up

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DJ Lee Ochoa from San Antonio, Texas (@djthegeneralsa) made a quick trip to Louisville, and he brought some of his favorite records to spin on That Driving Beat. You'll hear rare, in-demand Chicano soul from the Royal Jesters, Sunny & The Sunliners, Dimas Garza, the Commands, and more, plus some Northern Soul, funk, Latin, and R&B favorites from the likes of the Festivals, Joe Bataan, Frank Beverly, Gil Scott-Heron, Ruby Andrews, and more!

-Originally broadcast February 22, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Dimas III / So Funny

Rocky Gil and the Bishops / Soul Party

The Royal Jesters / Use Your Head

The Royal Jesters / Take Me for a Little While

The Intruders / (Love Is Like a) Baseball Game

The Delfonics / La La Means I Love You

The Festivals / You've Got the Makings of a Lover

The Commands / Hey It's Love

The Commands / Don't Be Afraid to Love Me

Dimas III / You’ve Succeeded

T.S.U. Toronadoes / The Goose

Wilbur Bascom and The Zodiact / Just a Groove in "G"

The Topics / She's So Fine

Community Effort / "Shake" Your Funky Butt

The Ghetto Brothers / The Ghetto Brothers Power

Joe Bataan / Young Gifted and Brown

The Majestics / (I Love Her So Much) It Hurts Me

The Specials / Everybody Say Yea

Choice of Colour / Your Love

Little Carl Carlton / Competition Ain't Nothin'

Gil Scott-Heron / The Bottle

Dolly Parton / Control Yourself

The Supremes / Stoned Love

Bob Kuban & The In-Men / The Cheater

Jay and The Techniques / Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie

The Epitome Of Sound / You Don't Love Me

Ruby Andrews / Just Loving You

Creations / A Dream

Frank Beverly & The Butlers / If That's What You Wanted

Sunny & The Sunliners / If I Could See You Now

The Constellations / I Didn't Know How To

The Gospel Artistics / Time Shall Be No More

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Get Out

The Turnpikes / Cast A Spell

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This episode has Ohio funky soul, a St. Louis sweaty gospel shaker, pounding Motown Northern Soul, a Nashville A-Team session guy getting Fidgety, some Mod R&B, some James Bond nonsense, an all-girl rock band from Nashville, West Virginia college rockers, British Beat from London, West Texas jet-setter garage rock, and more! Also, your host admits to knowing absolutely nothing about music!

-Originally broadcast February 15, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Lloyd Price / Every Night

Jackie Verdell / Hush

Otis Redding / I'm Sick Y'all

The William Singers / Part Time Love

Kelly Brothers / How Can True Love Be This Way

The Pat Rebillot Exchange / Oh Happy Day

Soul Partners / Lose the One You Love

Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson / Lover's Holiday

The O'Jays / Looky Looky (Look at Me Girl)

Edwin Starr / Time

The Esquires / You Say

Otis Leavill / When the Music Grooves

The Intruders / A Love That's Real

Ronnie Milsap / Total Disaster

Mel "Pig" Robbins / Fidgety

Just Brothers / Sliced Tomatoes

Jimmy Smith / Got My Mojo Workin (Part 1)

James Duncan / Mr. Goodtime

Wade and Jamie / Don't Put Off 'Till Tomorrow

Harry Deal and The Galaxies / Don't You Just Know It

Jimmy McCracklin / Beulah

Barrett Strong / You Knows What To Do

Rex Garvin (and The Mighty Cravers) / Sock It To 'Em J.B. - Part I

Goldie & the Gingerbreads / Song of the Moon

The Feminine Complex / Run That Thru Your Mind

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity / This Wheel's On Fire

The Spencer Davis Group / Keep On Running

The Honeycombs / I Can't Stop

The Choir / I'm Going Home

The Collegiates / High Blood Pressure

The Teddy Neely Four / Jet Set

The Laughing Wind / Don't Take Very Much to See Tomorrow

Ronnie and the Sinsashuns / Sonya

The Moody Blues / And My Baby's Gone

Gentleman June Gardner / It's Gonna Rain

The Pirates / Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)

Bill Avery / Oe Oe Oewee Baby

Jerry Butler / What's the Use of Breaking Up

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Art FM, the home of That Driving Beat, went from online-only to broadcasting as WXOX on the FM dial in Louisville on February 14th, 2016, so we're celebrating 10 years on the FM dial and 8 years of That Driving Beat! James put together a That Driving Beat Instant Record Collection for entry into the silent auction at WXOX's Decade On The Dial variety show extravaganza! In this episode, you'll hear a selection from this collection of some of the foundational sounds of the show.

-Originally broadcast February 8, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

The Dells / There Is

Major Lance / Rhythm

The Platters / Don’t Hear, Speak, See No Evil

Detroit Emeralds / Show Time

The 4 Seasons / Beggin'

Robert Parker / Let's Go Baby (Where the Action Is)

Slim Harpo / Baby Scratch My Back

Charlie Rich / Mohair Sam

Lee Dorsey / Working in the Coal Mine

Edwin Starr / Twenty-Five Miles

Four Tops / Bernadette

The Supremes / The Happening

The Contours / Do You Love Me

Z. Z. Hill / Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep)

Jackie Wilson And Count Basie / Uptight (Everything's Alright)

The Ikettes / Peaches "N" Cream

Billy Stewart / Summertime

Timi Yuro / What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)

Madeline Bell / Picture Me Gone

Christine Quaite / In The Middle of The Floor

Mel Tormé / Comin' Home Baby

? And The Mysterians / 96 Tears

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels / Sock It To Me - Baby!

Bob Seger System / Ramblin' Gamblin' Man

Sir Douglas Quintet / She's About a Mover

The O'Jays / Deeper (In Love With You)

The Tams / Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy

Bettye Swann / Make Me Yours

James & Bobby Purify / I'm Your Puppet

J.J. Jackson / But It's Alright

Arthur Alexander / A Shot of Rhythm & Blues

Etta James / Miss Pitiful

Elvis Presley / Rubberneckin'

Archie Bell & The Drells / I Can't Stop Dancing

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"Invite me to DJ at your Mod or soul night, and I'll play you my favorite Neil Young record." -James, in this episode. James has a few new finds and old favorites to share, including some rare 1960s small-town Kentucky rockers, northern soul and rhythm & blues classics, garage rock and psych shakers, funky interludes, and a few oddball spins, all on original vinyl 45s.

-Originally broadcast February 1, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Dian James / Welcome Stranger

Billy Lee Riley / Show Me Your Soul

Nancy Wilson / The End of Our Love

Aretha Franklin / Soulville

The Mighty Hannibal / Jerkin' the Dog

Rufus Thomas / Walking the Dog

"Blackie" Sorrello and J.D.B. Trio / Rosalie

Jim Decker and the Avrons / Choice of a Fool

The Raves / Mister Man

The Lemonade Charade / The Straight Life

Uncredited Artist / Devil With a Blue Dress On

The Rave-Ons / The Line

The Surf Suns / I Can't Stop it Now

The Buffalo Springfield / Mr. Soul

Bill Moss / Sock It to 'Em Soul Brother

Charlie Hodges / The Day He Made You

100 Proof (Aged In Soul) / Everything Good Is Bad

Earl Foster / Jodine's Walk

Jackie Lee / Your P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y

Martha & The Vandellas / In My Lonely Room

The 4 Seasons / I've Got You Under My Skin

Nancy Ryan / The Trouble

Ronnie and the Sinsashuns / Laugh It Up Baby

Stuart Paine / Have You Ever Had the Blues

The Nite Owls / Act Your Age

The Alphabetical Order / All Over The World (La La)

The Emporers / Karate

Eddie Floyd / Knock on Wood

Ray Pollard / Wanderlust

The Young Rascals / I've Been Lonely Too Long

Arthur Alexander / Baby Baby

Jimmy Elledge / Your Funny Way Of Loving Me

Marion Black / Who Knows

Irene and the Scotts / Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do

Jr. Walker & The All Stars / Ain't That The Truth

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It's an episode heavy on Louisville & Lexington, Kentucky records today, because James just found the box he keeps a lot of that stuff in. We've got soul, R&B, and rockers from the likes of The Berkshire Seven, Mary Ann Fisher, Boot Hog Pefferly and the Loafers, The Mercy Men, Cosmo and the Counts, The Magnificent 7, and The Oxfords, plus tunes from farther afield by Carl Carlton, Richard Berry & The Pharaohs, Little Milton, and more!

-Originally broadcast January 25, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Paul Smith / Ain't That Something

Deanna Brewer and The Titans / I've Gotta Know

The Berkshire Seven / Crazy Kind Of Feeling

The Sultans / I Feel Your Love Growing Cold

Mary Ann Fisher / Forever More

Boot Hog Pefferly and the Loafers / I'm Not Going to Work Today

The Rhythmatics / Drag

Jimmy Coe / Cold Jam for Breakfast

Charlie Ross and The Crossfires / Lord Have Mercy

The Henry Watterson Expressway / You Better Take Me Home

Carl Carlton / Hold On a Little Longer

Salt and Pepper / Rock Me In The Cradle

Wilson Pickett / Toe Hold

Jamie Lyons / Soul Struttin'

Al "TNT" Braggs / You're Something Else

Al Henderson and Orchestra / All Star Boy

Richard Berry and The Pharaohs / Louie Louie

James Davis / I'm Gonna Tell It On You

Mercy Men / You Made It Thunder

Cosmo and the Counts / You Gotta Dance

Kelli & The Kittens / What Mama Don't Know

The Magnificent 7 / Never Will I (Make My Baby Cry)

The Sultans / I Know It's True

The Oxfords / Time And Place

The Rugbys / You, I

Daniel / Exit Door 1

Bobby Harris / Ain't That Love

And The Echoes / Million Dollar Bill

Eddie & Ernie / That's The Way It Is

Vernis Pratt / Good Good Man

Freddie Scott / Run Joe

The Right Kind / I've Been Changed

Little Milton / Just A Little Bit

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James has another action-packed radio dance party full of 1960s tunes by Ray Charles, Bob and Earl, Johnny Guitar Watson, Bobby Byrd, Alvin Cash, The Steinways, Maxine Brown, Betty Everett, and more! We'll get Loaded, Broke and Lonely, Work Together, Donkey Walk, and Do the Ali Shuffle. Today's unexpected artist with That Driving Beat: The Osmonds?!

-Originally broadcast January 18, 2026-

Willie Mitchell / That Driving Beat

Ruby Johnson / Keep on Keeping On

Four Pennies / Shake A Hand

The Knight Bros. / Love (Can't You Hear Me)

Ray Charles & The Ray Charles Orchestra / Something Inside Me

Bob and Earl / The Sissy

The Drifters / We Gotta Sing

Johnny Flamingo and the Cleartones / I Got Loaded

Johnny (Guitar) Watson / Broke and Lonely

Trade Martin / Sixteen Tons

Bobby Byrd / I'm Lonely

LeRoy Horne / Don't Come Back (Take Me Through the Changes)

Sugar Pie DeSanto / Soulful Dress

Big Dee Irwin / Donkey Walk

Tony Borders / What Kind Of Spell

Alvin Cash / Doin' the Ali Shuffle

Roscoe Robinson / What You're Doin' to Me

Joe Simon / I Got A Whole Lot Of Lovin'

The Box Tops / Fields Of Clover

Thee Midnighters / I've Come Alive

Wilbert Harrison One Man Band / Let's Work Together (Pt. 1)

Lena Horne / Love Bug

Lucy Campo / Evil Eye

The Rays / Mediterranean Moon

Paul Anka / My Baby's Comin' Home

The Steinways / You've Been Leadin' Me On

Elmore Morris / It Seemed Like Heaven to Me

The Osmonds / Yo-Yo

Jay & The Techniques / Help Yourself To All My Lovin'

James Duncan & the Duncan Trio / I'll Be Gone

George Jackson / So Good To Me

Bobby James & Vicki Adams / Love is Such a Sweet Thing

Johnny Adams / Life Is Just a Struggle

Maxine Brown / One in a Million

Betty Everett / Getting Mighty Crowded

Tammy Montgomery / If I Would Marry You

Brooks & Jerry / I Got What It Takes Part 1

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